Joseph de susini-rtjiseco



(No Model.)

J. DE SUSINI-RUISEGO FLAME GUARD. No. 268,639. Patented Dec. 5, 1882.

17. dwswmi/ Finals-00o, M M w UNITED STATES JOSEPH DE SUSINI-RUISEOO, OF HAVANA, CUBA, ASSIGNOR TO FRANCIS S. KINNEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FLAME-GUARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,639, dated December 5, 1882.

Application filed October 24, 1881. Renewed October 6, 1882. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JosEPH DE SUsINI- RUISEGO, a subject of the Queen of England, residing in the city of Havana, Cuba, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flame-Guards, fully described and repreaccompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

Previous to my invention greatinconvenience was occasioned in the use of matches in lighting cigars, cigarettes, &c., by air-currents and wind blowing out the flame of the match before the cigar, cigarette, &c., was fairly lighted.

r5 Theobjectof my invention is to avoidthis inconvenience, and to provide means whereby the flame of a match may be readily protected from 'such wind and air-currents; and it consists in a guard adapted to protect the flame of a match from air-currents and wind while a cigar, cigar rette, 850., is being lighted, which guardispro- I sented in the following specification and the vided with means for attaching it to a match box or case, and is capable of being detached from such box or case.

In the drawings accompanying this specification, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of one form of my invention, showing the guard open. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the same, it being folded up. Fig.3 isaperspective view 0 of the flame-guard attached to a match-case,

the said guard being open. Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation of the same and Fig. 5 is an elevation of a modified form of the mode of attaching the guard to a match-case.

A represents a flame-guard, rectangular in form and composed of sides-as 2, 6, 7, and 8- which are connected together in such a manner as to enablethe guard to be folded up.

When it is desired to fold this flame-guard up into small compass, so that it can be easily carried in the pocket of the user, the sides 6 and 7 are pressed inward, so that the side 6 will come in contact with the side 2 and the side 7 with the side 8, asis represented in dotted the side 2, is pressed in contact with theside 7,

asis clearly shown in Fig. 2. To enable this folding up of the guard the juncture of the sides 2, 6, 7, and 8 forms hinges, upon which they turn. These, when the guard is composed of paper, card-board, or other fibrous material,

lines in Fig. 1. This done, the side 6, and with it need be nothing more than a crease or a curve between the sides; but in the use of metal in forming the guard each side will be provided with short knuckles and spaces, and secured together by a pintle in a manner well known.

It is desirable in the use of this flame-guard that it should be in close connection with a match-case, so that in lighting a match, and

withitacigar,cigarette,&c.,theinconvenience 6c of having to use two separate contrivances is not occasioned. I have therefore provided the flame-guard with a short tongue or hook, B, which projects from one of the sides, as 8, which tongue orhook may beinsertedin a narrow opening provided in the side of the matchcase, and be entirely with the match-case, as is shown in Figs. 3 and 4, so that the guard and the case may be carried together, and in lighting a match the former can be readily used to protect 7o thefiameofthe same. This flame-guard may be attached to a match-case in any convenient manner, the mode of attachment being varied to suit the style of match-case with which it is to be connected. This tongue or hook B may enter a slot in the side of a match-case, as in Fig. 5, or the flame-guard may be provided with a spring-jaw, as 4, (represented in dotted lines at Fig. 4,) that will firmly clasp either the bottom or sides of the match-case, or both.

The flameguard A may be composed of any suitable material-such as paper, pasteboard, or sheet metaland when composed of paper or pasteboard be saturated with a noncombustible material, so that it may not acci- 8 dentally. catch fire from the lighted match. Furthermore, one or all of its inside or outside surfaces may be made of a sandy or rough nature, to enable the striking of a match thereon toigniteit, or with the samematerialas the parlor-matches, which ignite only by rub hing on the side of the box holding them.

I do not claim broadly all folding orcollapsible structures capable of protecting a flame from air-currents, as I am aware that lanterns 5 have been made so as to be capable of collapsing, and that such structures have contained match-receptacles. Neither do I herein claim a match box or case provided with a foldingflame-guard, as this latter subject-matter is claimed by me in another application for United States Letters Patent; but T What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- In testimony whereofl' have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing wit 1o 1. A flame-guard provided with means for 'ncsses.

- attaching it to and detaching it from a match 5 case or box, substantially as described.

2. A match case or box provided with a detachable flame guard, substantially as described.

JOSEPH DE SUSINI-RUISECO.

Witnesses:

CHARLES B. MEYER, GEO. H. GRAHAM. 

